Friday April 30th
Los Angeles Lakers @ Oklahoma City Thunder (3-2 LAL)
Game 6 ESPN 9:30
The Lakers will look to close out the young Thunder on Friday night. Last year the Lakers were pushed by pretty much every team in the playoffs, so the fact that the young, athletic Thunder is presenting them problems shouldn't be a real surprise. The Thunder won both of the first two in OKC; should be very entertaining. Go Durantula.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Denver Nuggets @ Utah Jazz (3-2 UT)
Game 6 ESPN 2 10:00 PM
The Jazz will likely bring the Nuggets season to a crashing halt. If only the Nuggets knew how to play defense they might be able to win this series. Despite all the injuries Utah has, they are much tougher than the Nuggets and I don't see them being able to win in Salt Lake.
Rating 2 out of 5 (can't stand to see my Nugs go home)
Saturday May 1st
Philadelphia Flyers @ Boston Bruins
Game 1 NBC 12:30 PM
The Bruins magically lucked into getting home-ice when all but Pittsburgh of the higher seeds lost. The poor NHL needed to do what the NBA does and fix it so Ovechkin and Crosby met in the conference finals. Instead we are now stuck with the #4 seed as the high-seed remaining. This is a rematch of the winter classic at Fenway that saw the Bruins knock off the Flyers in OT. People (biased Dennis) tell me this should be a good series.
Rating 3.5 ouf ot 5
136th Kentucky Derby
NBC 6:25 PM
Now I don't know jack about horse racing, all I know is this is a big-time deal down in the south. As I am the most complete sports fan on this blog, I will be watching this and rooting for whoever's name I like best. I'm stuck between Sidney's Candy (Sidney was Jennifer Garner's name in Alias) or Ice Box. Ok, it's not the Ice Box from Little Giants but any horse that is comparable to her must have a great shot to win.
Rating 5 out of 5
Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers
Game 1 TNT 8:00
LeBron is supposedly hurt thus making this series more interesting than it should be. The Celtics looked good against a Heat team that gave D-Wade less help than Bush gave the Bayou region after Katrina. The Cavaliers have much more firepower but if the Celtics can keep LeBron out of the lane and turn him into a jump-shooter, and maybe even a left-handed jump shooter, they have a shot. However, with Rasheed Wallace averaging 6 pts/gm on his own basket, the chances are low.
Rating 4.5 out of 5
Sunday May 2nd
There will likely be NBA Game 7's which would be must-watch, but nothing as of now so....
New York Mets @ Philadelphia Phillies
ESPN 8:00
This is not a great baseball weekend but the Mets and Phillies usually play some quality games. This has turned into the modern day Yankee-Redsox rivalry in the sense that the Mets cannot beat the Phillies and much like Redsox fans thought, maybe this year will be different! This game will feature 89-year-old Jamie Moyer against Johan Santana.
Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Enjoy the weekend!
Why hate on the Bruins and the nhl
ReplyDeleteAn Ovechkin-Crosby Conf Finals would be the best situation for the NHL to showcase their two stars against each other. Now they cannot, thus bringing interest down, its just truth.
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